Professor Gordon interviews the Honorable Samia Nkrumah, former Member of Parliament in Ghana. The only daughter of President Nkrumah reflects on her father.

Interview with Ambassador E.M Debrah

Professor Gordon probes into his relationship with president Nkrumah as a founding father of Ghana's Ministry of Foreign service

Youth symposium at the University of Botswana

The theme was Reflections on President Khama

Meeting with faculty members

Professor Gordon meets with faculty members of Department of Sociology at the University of Botswana. Attending the planning meeting were other faculty members from the Dept of History.

Project Overview

The APPL Project focuses on the development of African presidential papers and libraries for the study of African Leadership and Governance. The first phase of the project (phase I) is concentrated on ten African countries and their first presidents:

PRESIDENTS

COUNTRIES

DATE OF SERVICE

AFRICAN REGION

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghana

1960 – 1966

West Africa

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nigeria

1963 – 1966

West Africa

Nelson Mandela

South Africa

1994 – 1999

Southern Africa

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Senegal

1960 – 1980

West Africa

Haile Selassie

Ethiopia

1930 – 1975

Horn of Africa

Sir Seretse Khama

Botswana

1966 – 1980

Southern Africa

Jomo Kenyatta

Kenya

1964 – 1978

East Africa

Julius Nyerere

Tanzania

1962 – 1985

East Africa

Grégoire Kayibanda

Rwanda

1961 – 1973

Central Africa

Mohammed V

Morocco

1956 – 1961

North Africa

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Vision Statement

To create an intellectual foundation for creative and transformational leadership in Africa and the development of African Presidential scholarship.